Medieval Total War Thread

Normal, England, continuing a saved game i never finished.
Invaded Norway with an army double the size of the defending force.
Won alright, but lack of practice made it a very very expsensive victory.

Just played this game for the first time in months.
Got my arse handed to me.

 yes, nothing else.

Scythian, let us know what you find and results.

hmm, not exactly sure which one that would be. which version of MTW do you have?  there is this mod( i think i installed this one once and it wasnt so great)

http://www.3ddownloads.com/strategy-gaming/totalwar/MTW/Stat s/MiddleEastMapMod.zip#

then this. MTW 1.1 original patched http://www.3ddownloads.com/strategy-gaming/totalwar/MTW/Stat s/Jihad%20Mod%20v1.1%20no%20XPansion.zip

If you dont,be sure and keep a back up of the original when trying any mods so if any go foul you can replace without re-installing the game.

Do you ever try GA(glorious achievements)? much fun 

i recommend MedMod for thy Pimpness. It makes the game a better challenge and adds interesting units. Its my favorite.

there is also the theLordz mod if you want to go Napoleonic. Installation:http://www.thelordz.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t =409  Propably the best done.

 

Originally posted by Genghis Question:  Has anyone found it very difficult to win as either France or Germany because those two countries are surrounded by so many enemies?

HRE, at least how I played was pretty easy (Normal, high). What has WWII taught you?

You are surrounded by many but you are also stronger than many neighboors. The first thing you do is gather all the troops in the northern provinces (about 500) and attack denmark in turn #2 and kill their king in the battle and eliminating their faction. That should be so early in the game that nobody else in the world would know what happened! Meanwhile, keep building more troops in the eastern provinces, and send an emissary to bribe the army east of Poland (recommeded).  Attack the two Polish provinces with enough men so that they retreat. However, they will retreat to each other, which means that both provinces are captured without a fight. Second faction eliminated in 1 turn! You should have a pretty good army in Poland now. Then, attack Hungary and their province next to it. The big stack should attack Hungary, which is their only castled province. Its army should retreat to a nearby un-casteled province, which then destroy in the next turn to avoid excommunication. After that, everything to the east is open for expansion. If you got there quick enough, you can continue on to Constantinople, fulfilling half of your title "Holy Roman Emperor". However, capturing Rome is a bit trickier.


Edited by Imperator Invictus

Have to agree 100%! MtW can sometimes be a chore with a big campaign and last a month. That what the beauty of Shogun is for me, the small island packed with many different clans allows more games. Interestingly also, the battle maps were bigger in Shoggy.

Have to keep him away from your daughters!

same here Genghis, the units are good. HRE also have uber units then also.

 

I play most countries in the late period when they have cooler structures and units, but sometimes I start in the early period too.  Sometimes I play during the Viking period as well.

I've never played more than 10 years with the HRE. It's just to big and squeezed in. France however isn't as hard, ally with the HRE and Spain, force the english out and try to take 1-2 provinces in Britain. Then go after Spain who should be weakened now after the Almohad wars.